§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the contribution from her Department, in each of the last five years, for the education budget for students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities(a) for tuition fees and (b) for maintenance grants. [32266]
§ Mr. WorthingtonInformation for 1992/93 is not available. The information for the last 4 financial years is as follows:
£ Year Tuition Fees Maintenance Grants 1993–94 6,375,881 3,771,512 1994–95 4,597,639 4,246,903 1995–96 5,092,062 4,212,957 1996–97 5,494,920 4,034,137
§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the estimated proportion of students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities who will have to pay full tuition fees when the policy of means-testing tuition fees is introduced. [32646]
§ Mr. WorthingtonIt is estimated that some twenty-five per cent. of Northern Ireland new entrants overall will pay the full fee; it is not possible to disaggregate for those attending Scottish Universities.
§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of the students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities claim the full maintenance grant. [32647]
§ Mr. WorthingtonIt is not possible to identify the number of students who claim full grant since it is determined by whether or not there is a parental, spouses or student's contribution.
§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students from Northern Ireland, in each of the last five years, began their degree courses in Scottish universities, broken down(a) by gender, (b) by individual university and (c) by maintained or controlled school at which the student sat A levels. [32265]
§ Mr. WorthingtonInformation for 1992–93 and 1993–94 is not available. The figures for the last three years are as follows:
(a) 1994–95 1995–6 1996–97 Male 840 972 911 Female 851 969 1,039 Total 1,691 1,941 1,950
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(b) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 University of Abertay Dundee 166 129 160 Edinburgh College of Art 17 38 39 Glasgow School of Art 3 8 14 Moray House Institute of Education 12 15 31 Northern College of Education 6 6 6 Queen Margaret College 90 77 105
(b) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 5 12 12 St. Andrews College of Education 16 22 13 The Scottish College of Textiles 4 6 8 The Robert Gordon University 51 64 32 University of Paisley 50 52 63 Glasgow Caledonian University 32 80 128 Napier University 125 138 176 University of Edinburgh 173 164 174 University of Glasgow 157 154 152 University of Strathclyde 107 153 171 University of Aberdeen 53 63 91 Heriot-Watt University 99 109 143 University of Dundee 243 444 280 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 69 0 0 University of St. Andrews 83 65 37 The University of Stirling 95 116 89 Scottish Agricultural College 35 26 26 Total 1,691 1,941 1,950
(c) 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Controlled 257 310 296 Voluntary 594 712 665 Roman Catholic 20 26 25 Maintained — — — Grant Maintained 1 1 6 Integrated — — — Missing/Further Education College etc 819 892 958 Total 1,691 1,941 1,950